July 30th, 2021

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July 30, 2021By Eliza0 Comments

The imbaluna, one of the invented instruments by Joaquín Orellana on view at the Americas Society.

The imbaluna, one of the invented instruments by Joaquín Orellana on view at the Americas Society. © Victor Llorente for The New York Times

The Guatemalan composer, inventor and writer Joaquín Orellana’s creations are the subject of the Americas Society exhibition “The Spine of Music.”

In a short story, the Guatemalan composer, inventor and writer Joaquín Orellana imagines a musician who, dissatisfied with the instruments of Western civilization, sets out to create the sound of hunger. Full story.

The New York Times / February 19, 2021

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